Other initial reports stated Israeli forces were simultaneously carrying out large-scale attacks on other nuclear sites across Iran.

To date, the Iranian missile salvos have focused on the Gush Dan/Tel Aviv/central Israel area, the Haifa area, and the Beersheba area.

According to IDF assessments, Iran began the current conflict with approximately 2,000 ballistic missiles of varying ranges and warhead types.

Now is precisely the moment for our leaders to step into that space and embody that sense of unity with a broad, all-encompassing national unity government.

The overall death toll in the country since the beginning of Operation Rising Lion has risen to 16.

“I don’t wish this feeling on anyone,” he said to N12. “It happened in seconds — they didn’t have time to get to safety. It was all so sudden. I lost my family in an instant.”

Explosions were heard throughout Israel's center, with reports of some missiles making impact. The Petah Tikva municipality announced that a building in the city was hit by a missile.

More than 20 people were wounded by the impact in Bnei Brak, bordering Tel Aviv, Israel Police said.